Credit to Author: Qi Sun| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We detected Mac malware MacStealer spreading via websites, social media, and messaging platforms Twitter, Discord, and Telegram. Cybercriminals lure victims to download it by plagiarizing legitimate play-to-earn (P2E) apps’ images and offering jobs as beta testers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daniel Lunghi| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We detail the update that advanced persistent threat (APT) group Iron Tiger made on the custom malware family SysUpdate. In this version, we also found components that enable the malware to compromise Linux systems.
Read moreCredit to Author: Ted Lee| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Asian firms similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds.
Read moreCredit to Author: Hara Hiroaki| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We detail the intrusion set Earth Yako, attributed to the campaign Operation RestyLink or EneLink. This analysis was presented in full at the JSAC 2023 in January 2023.
Read moreCredit to Author: Ted Lee| Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
In 2022, we discovered Earth Zhulong, a hacking group that has been targeting Vietnam’s telecom, technology, and media sectors similar to another well-known threat actor. In this article, we unravel their new tactics, techniques and procedures that they apply on their misdeeds.
Read moreCredit to Author: Stephen Hilt| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We analyze a BEC campaign targeting large companies around the world that was leveraging open-source tools to stay under the radar.
Read moreCredit to Author: Mohamed Fahmy| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We analyze an infection campaign targeting organizations in the Middle East for cyberespionage in December 2022 using a new backdoor malware. The campaign abuses legitimate but compromised email accounts to send stolen data to external mail accounts controlled by the attackers.
Read moreCredit to Author: Fyodor Yarochkin| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000
In this entry, we discuss a Web3 fraud scenario where scammers target potential victims via fake smart contracts, and then take over their digital assets, such as NFT tokens, without paying. We named this scam “Payzero”.
Read moreCredit to Author: Peter Girnus| Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000
We discovered an active campaign ongoing since at least mid-2022 which uses Middle Eastern geopolitical-themed lures to distribute NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) to infect victims across the Middle East and North Africa.
Read moreCredit to Author: Ian Kenefick| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000
We analyze the latest changes in IcedID botnet from a campaign that abuses Google pay per click (PPC) ads to distribute IcedID via malvertising attacks.
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